Music Box is an absurd mechanical contraption that creates frenetic musical noise in joyful response to the surreal, carnival-like atmosphere of Nuit Blanche in Toronto. The initial inspiration came from the mad cacophony made by numerous marching bands as they gathered for the Santa-Claus Parade. Using simple mechanical interventions, sounds are coerced from an array of real instruments, powered by motors. On a parked flatbed trailer, the mechanism rides on a trolley that periodically disappears into a large box, the door slamming shut behind. Reminiscent of a cuckoo clock, Music Box creates child-like anticipation as one awaits its reappearance.

Music Box

Music Box 2013

Music Box is an absurd mechanical contraption that creates frenetic musical noise in joyful response to the surreal, carnival-like atmosphere of Nuit Blanche in Toronto. The initial inspiration came from the mad cacophony made by numerous marching bands as they gathered for the Santa-Claus Parade. Using simple mechanical interventions, sounds are coerced from an array of real instruments, powered by motors. On a parked flatbed trailer, the mechanism rides on a trolley that periodically disappears into a large box, the door slamming shut behind. Reminiscent of a cuckoo clock, Music Box creates child-like anticipation as one awaits its reappearance.